Fiction: Rest In Peace (99 words)

14Apr

They went weeks, sometimes months at a time, without talking, but they had the kind of friendship where they could do that. They had been practically in the womb together—and there was very little that they didn’t understand about each other. They always had each other’s backs in the hard times. Even without speaking for months before, they could fall right back into their rhythm. They always understood each other, easily and completely.

That why the news of her death came as such a shock to him. What in the world was he supposed to do now?